Hampr
Old Norse Dictionary - hampr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hampr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hampr
- m. [this word, like all words in mp (np), is of for. origin; cp. Gr. κάνναβις, whence Lat. cannabis; Germ. hanf; Engl. hemp; Dan. hamp: it scarcely occurs before the middle of the 13th century; hörr, q. v., is the genuine northern word]:—hemp, Sks. 287, H. E. i. 395, n. G. l. ii. 355.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛘᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- for.
- foreign.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)